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2005 BRFSS Survey Results: Bladen/Brunswick/Columbus/Pender Counties

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  Total
Respond.^
Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 16,780 13,877 74.7 73.6-75.7 2,903 25.3 24.3-26.4
-Bladen/Brunswick/Columbus/Pender 418 346 78.1 72.6-82.8 72 21.9 17.2-27.4
GENDER
Male 135 112 79.5 70.1-86.6 23 20.5 13.4-29.9
Female 283 234 77.2 70.2-83.0 49 22.8 17.0-29.8
RACE
White 339 285 80.6 74.8-85.4 54 19.4 14.6-25.2
Other 77 60 69.5 54.8-81.1 17 30.5 18.9-45.2
AGE
18-44 118 71 57.9 47.3-67.8 47 42.1 32.2-52.7
45+ 299 274 90.2 84.8-93.7 25 9.8 6.3-15.2
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 210 169 72.4 63.8-79.5 41 27.6 20.5-36.2
Some College + 208 177 84.0 76.9-89.2 31 16.0 10.8-23.1
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 257 210 76.3 69.1-82.3 47 23.7 17.7-30.9
$50,000+ 104 92 86.3 76.0-92.6 12 13.7 7.4-24.0

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^Use caution in interpreting percentages with a numerator of less than 20. N = numerator, % = Percentage, C.I.(95%) = Confidence Interval (at 95 percent probability level).
Percentages are weighted to population characteristics and therefore cannot be calculated exactly from the numbers in this table.

** Northeast NC I: Bertie, Gates, Halifax, Hertford, Northampton, and Warren counties.
Northeast NC II: Beaufort, Camden, Chowan, Currituck, Dare, Edgecombe, Hyde, Martin, Pasquotank, Perquimans, Tyrrell, and Washington counties.
Northeastern Partnership: Beaufort, Bertie, Camden, Chowan, Currituck, Dare, Edgecombe, Gates, Halifax, Hertford, Hyde, Martin, Northampton, Pamlico, Pasquotank, Perquimans, Tyrrell, Warren, and Washington.
Mountain Area Health Education Center (MAHEC): Buncombe, Cherokee, Clay, Graham, Haywood, Henderson, Jackson, McDowell, Macon, Madison, Mitchell, Polk, Rutherford, Swain, Transylvania, and Yancey counties.

*** Eastern North Carolina: Beaufort, Bertie, Bladen, Brunswick, Camden, Carteret, Chowan, Columbus, Craven, Cumberland, Currituck, Dare, Duplin, Edgecombe, Gates, Greene, Halifax, Harnett, Hertford, Hoke, Hyde, Johnston, Jones, Lenoir, Martin, Nash, New Hanover, Northampton, Onslow, Pamlico, Pasquotank, Pender, Perquimans, Pitt, Robeson, Sampson, Scotland, Tyrrell, Washington, Wayne, and Wilson counties.
Piedmont North Carolina: Alamance, Alexander, Anson, Cabarrus, Caswell, Catawba, Chatham, Cleveland, Davidson, Davie, Durham, Forsyth, Franklin, Gaston, Granville, Guilford, Iredell, Lee, Lincoln, Mecklenburg, Montgomery, Moore, Orange, Person, Randolph, Richmond, Rockingham, Rowan, Stanly, Stokes, Union, Vance, Wake, Warren, and Yadkin counties.
Western North Carolina: Alleghany, Ashe, Avery, Buncombe, Burke, Caldwell, Cherokee, Clay, Graham, Haywood, Henderson, Jackson, McDowell, Macon, Madison, Mitchell, Polk, Rutherford, Surry, Swain, Transylvania, Watauga, Wilkes, and Yancey counties.

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